Their escape to the tribes country via Meohsien ig cut off by heavy forees just beyond Behch'uan. The Government forces holding the river. To. the north Shensi troops hold Pingwu and intervening points close to Kiangyu, All the country formerly held to the east of the Chowhua, Kwangyuan Road is now clear of the enemy. But they show great ability getting away and where they will break through next is what worries the military leaders, The next few As to the Yunnan sector the bold band of Chumao remnants, who: turned north at Chuhchingfu, march-swiftly across the entire province, ferried the Golden Sands River, the Yangtze, and if rumour be true are now in the city of Hwaill, Thus they have & foothold in the fertile Kiench'ang Valley, that distant sector of tory, What a fine area to rest and build their organization in.
Another rumour has it that a second column was making for Rorthern Yunnan with Szechuen in view hoping for a crossing near Taulbe or Pinshan the hinterlands of Omel and Kiating and even Suifu.
Telephonic inquiries to-day elicited replies that all. was peaceful n those areas—marketing going on as usual.
the reds in the north break through the western cordon and penetrate the grass lands of northern Sik'ang, repulse and defeat elsewhere may compel them to attempt to get together from these two extremities of Lal Wen-linet's straggling lands. Rock, Pereira and Edgar have shown the "way through these sparsely settled lands of the nomads. Will these bold spirits dare to follow.
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